“The government needs to expand its tax net to also include the informal sector which will contribute largely to the country’s revenue,” said Mutua.

Kenya has surpassed other sub-Saharan African countries in their debt to GDP ratio with the average being 45.1% compared to Kenya’s 56.2%.

This though still sustainable may get out of hand in another decade.

The IEA made the presentation during a forum co-hosted by the Kenya Editors Guild with the President of the Guild Churchill Otieno, urging journalists to be proactive in discussing the country’s public debt.